Glutathione transferase (GST) as a candidate molecular-based biomarker for soil toxin exposure in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2459-2469

  LaCourse, E James ^a   Hernandez Viadel, Mariluz ^a   Jefferies, James R ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^b   Spurgeon, David J ^b   Barrett, John ^a   John Morgan, A ^c   Kille, Peter ^c   Brophy, Peter M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 DE; Earthworm; Glutathione transferase; Lumbricus rubellus

Indexed keywords

2-DE; BIOCHEMICAL ASSAY; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; ELECTROSPRAY IONISATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHASE II; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; SDS-PAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (2-DE); VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

BIOINFORMATICS; DETOXIFICATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GELATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SOILS; SYSTEM THEORY;

ENZYMES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TOXIN;

BIOMARKER; DETOXIFICATION; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE II; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 68649117093     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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